Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Eating like this every day wouldn't be very good for the environment -- and it wouldn't be much of a treat either. Photo by Jennifer Hattam. Before I moved to Istanbul, I always thought of eating seasonally as a great idea in theory, but kind of a chore in practice. How were you supposed to remember if it was ...
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Image via: http://www.dalailamany.org/ After attending three days--12 total blissful hours--of His Holiness' teachings this past weekend in NYC, I'm in a much calmer state. (Is the live broadcast footage of real time oil spill leaving worry lines across your forehead too?) I feel blessed to have received his teachings in the face of what's been one disaster after another. ...
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photo: J. Novak The UK Telegraph is reporting that German beekeepers are now using tracking systems to locate beehive bandits, that's right, beehive theft is on the rise. Gaede & Glauerdt, a Hamburg-based insurer specializing in apiculture, reported over 300 hive thefts last year, an 85 percent increase.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original here: Beehive Jacking ...
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Not quite dead, but oversupplied. Photo via thegiantvermin @ flickr. Looking at the massive build up of low-density, car-dependent housing over the last 50 years, real estate developer Christopher Leinberger says in his book The Option of Urbanism that developers simply supplied too much of the wrong product in the wrong location. Yup, But, good news. Density in walkable ...
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Image courtesy of TOMS Shoes TOMS Shoes hardly needs an introduction--especially this month they have already made fashion headlines with their on-trend men's nautical styles and their new limited-edition Charity:Water kicks --but for those who aren't familiar the philanthropic footwear brand Read more here: Ladies, TOMS Shoes Introduces The Wedge Heel! (Photos)
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photo via flickr A group of 60 companies, together with environmental groups, delivered a letter to President Obama and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid yesterday calling for action on the Senate climate bill. No one knows the fate of the Kerry-Lieberman bill, introduced earlier this month, but big names like the Big Three automakers, Honeywell, and Google are ...
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photo via flickr A group of 60 companies, together with environmental groups, delivered a letter to President Obama and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid yesterday calling for action on the Senate climate bill. No one knows the fate of the Kerry-Lieberman bill, introduced earlier this month, but big names like the Big Three automakers, Honeywell, and Google are ...
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images credit altertravel.ru , no relation Everybody is into rail these days; it is the greenest way to get around next to a bike. Leonid Mulyanchik has been into it for years since before the Berlin Wall fell, since before the first Macintosh, building "his own private underground Metro railway system." English-Russia says that he has been doing it ...
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Photo via Dip Dive In making one of the centrist compromises designed to lure Republicans towards compromising on energy policy, Obama may have inadvertently nearly killed the climate bill that's been languishing in the Senate for months. The offer to open offshore drilling was intended to meet GOPers halfway in crafting a more comprehensive energy policy that included pricing ...
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Image credit: Liquor Snob When I wrote about BP failing f***ing booming school , most commenters were understandably shocked and disgusted at the disdain shown by drilling crews for proper clean up procedures. One commenter, however, saw it differently. KP dismissed the BP oil slick as nothing more than an "unfortunate mishap, a huge curve ball from the earth's ...
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Poor neighborhoods have fewer trees, as these jarring satellite photos reveal. Originally posted here: How to Spot Income Inequality from Space: Look for the Trees
Hawaii becomes the first state in the union to enact a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Sierra Club looks into how it finally came into being. Go here to read the rest: A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic ...
